Tea Time At The Farm

They don’t have “tea time” in the good ol’ USA, at least not that I know of. In fact, the only tea I’d ever had was herbal before coming to Canada (my fault, probably), and since I didn’t really enjoy herbal I assumed I didn’t really like tea. (Aside from green!) Every time we went over to family for visits it was, “Would you like some tea?” I’d politely decline, and Tom would say, “Oh, she doesn’t like tea. But I’m working on it.” And response was always a shocked, “You don’t like TEA?” Even after I’d been a few times, they’d offer, I’d decline, “Oh, that’s right. But how can you not like tea?” It may not be that way in all of Canada, though, because I should note Tom’s father’s side is from England and Tom’s mother’s side is of course Irish. (Also, just to clarify because I want to: this teasing was always playful, made me laugh, and never made me feel uncomfortable.)

But I digress, the tea is different here and a lot of it is really quite enjoyable! (Even the herbal!) And in Ireland it’s a WHOLE different ball game. It’s all black and it’s reaaallly good. And when you come over it’s never, “Would you like something to drink?” It’s, “Would you like some tea?”. In fact, we have a few boxes we brought back with us and I think I just might have to have some now. When my sister came back from living in Germany one of the things she mentioned missing was tea time (around 4:00pm) because it was a chance to just take a break from the day and relax. I asked Tom if he would like to start implementing a tea time in our daily lives and he enthusiastically agreed. Sometimes it’s important to just take a moment to pause. Try it sometime. (And photograph it!)